Report from the Dock The first extended stretch of cold air of the season has improved ice depths across the state. Unfortunately, this past week has been so cold and windy that it’s prevented most people from getting out and fishing. There were many more reports indicating that snowmobiles, ATVs, and side-by-sides are now being […]
Report from the Dock It’s taken a while but ice depths are slowly starting to improve across the entire state. They’re by no means as good as they should be this time of year, but there seem to be some promising signs moving forward. This week’s cold weather, the first extended stretch of real ice-making […]
Report from the Dock This ice-fishing season took another strange turn last week with warm weather and measurable rain eliminating a lot of the ice that had started to take hold. There were even anglers fishing from boats… in some cases on lakes or areas within a given lake that had enough ice to walk […]
Report from the Dock Another round of wind, rain, and unseasonably warm weather continues to limit the ice-making process in most areas. Heading into January, you’ll still find pockets of open water on some big lakes and marginal ice conditions across the southern half of Minnesota. Despite these less-than-favorable ice-making conditions, anglers are getting out […]
Report from the Dock It’s rare that anglers have to worry about finding ice to fish on as Christmas approaches, but that’s going to be the case this year in some areas. Despite a couple of colder nights earlier this week, ice conditions really haven’t improved much since last week. In some cases, they’ve actually […]